“Most of our boys are pretty new and to experience this level and most of them are under 20s and I’m grateful for the result and the effort that has been put in we were able to put a difficult time to the Fijians.”

Fiji takes on Japan A next Tuesday at the ANZ Stadium.

Meanwhile, Junior Japan beat Samoa A 31-21 in the match earlier this afternoon.

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